Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Whitley

Decided April 17, 2003. Thomas R. Phillips wrote the opinion for the court.

104 S.W.3d 540 · Cited 598 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Contreras v. Lufkin Independent School District · 810 S.W.2d 23
• Dallas Cty. Mental Health and Mental Retardation v. Bossley · 968 S.W.2d 339
• Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission v. White · 46 S.W.3d 864
• Austin Independent School District v. Gutierrez · 54 S.W.3d 860
• Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board · 852 S.W.2d 440
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Miller · 51 S.W.3d 583
• Leleaux v. Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District · 835 S.W.2d 49
• Mount Pleasant Independent School District v. Estate of Lindburg Ex Rel. Lindburg · 766 S.W.2d 208
• Hopkins v. Spring Independent School Dist. · 736 S.W.2d 617

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